Big Brother featured Lauren Domingue winning -- and using -- the Power of Veto on Vince Panaro, forcing Rachel Reilly to name a replacement nominee during the Season 27 episode that aired Wednesday night on CBS.
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Rachel had nominated Vince, Mickey Lee and Morgan Pope for eviction because she had wanted Vince gone for weeks and believed that Mickey and Morgan were running the game.
"I think Rachel nominated me because she's intimidated by me," Mickey told the Big Brother cameras.
"I think she thought being Rachel Reilly was going to be enough sway to allow people to swarm around her in this house, and instead of swarming around her, they are swarming around me because they can smell the genuineness on me and the fakeness on her."
Mickey added, "After I pull myself off the block, she's going to have an understanding of who's actually going to win this game -- and it's not her."
But Mickey cried about feeling betrayed to Ava Pearl. Mickey claimed she had prayed for Rachel to win Head of Household this week, but Ava was shocked and wasn't buying it. Ava knew for a fact Mickey had been plotting behind Rachel's back.
"She's exactly who she was 15 years ago," Mickey cried, "nasty, manipulative and conniving. Two kids and a husband does not make you a better person."
Morgan then told Rachel that if she had won HoH, she would've put Rachel on the block but not sent her home.
Rachel was shocked Morgan had admitted that to her, and she called the newbie houseguests "crazy."
Keanu Soto said he didn't love Vince being on the chopping block but he fully supported Rachel's decisions.
Lauren, meanwhile, was worried she'd be the replacement nominee if someone ended up using the Power of Veto.
RELATED LINK: 'BIG BROTHER' SHOWMANCES NOWAshley Hollis then approached Rachel and asked her to consider taking Mickey off the block and salvaging that relationship. Ashley pointed out how Mickey could be a shield for them, but Rachel knew at that point where Ashley's loyalty lied, and she wasn't happy about it.
After Katherine Woodman and Rylie Jeffries were shown deepening their connection, Mickey sought out Rachel for a conversation. Rachel explained how she didn't want the game to be Mickey vs. Rachel going forward while everyone else just sailed to the end.
"If I come down, I'm not coming for you. You're not my target... I want you in this game and I need you in this game," Mickey told Rachel.
Rachel said if she could strike a deal with Mickey and trust her, it may help her game in the long run. Mickey, however, said she'd never forget Rachel had put her on the block and she still needed to go.
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Rachel and Keanu then made a Final 2 "Frenemies" pact, but Rachel -- who genuinely wanted to work with him for the time being -- wasn't sure if she was going to honor it until the end.
It then became time to pick players for the Power of Veto competition. In addition to the HoH, Rachel, and the three nominees -- Morgan, Mickey and Vince -- Cliffton "Will" Williams and Lauren were also selected by random draw to compete.
Lauren said she'd want to save Vince if she won the PoV but she also wasn't excited about the idea of showing her cards too early. Will, for his part, said if he won the Veto, he'd take Mickey down from the chopping block.
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The person to answer incorrectly would be eliminated after a round. If everyone answered correctly, the last person up the ramp with a rat would be ousted.
After several rounds, the last player remaining would win the Power of Veto.
Along the way, the players were sprayed with concrete and had to deal with the smell of pig farts.
Will was out first, and then he was followed by Vince.
Mickey asked Lauren in the middle of the competition to let someone else win the Veto if she wasn't going to use it. Mickey didn't think Lauren was in danger, but Lauren said she'd never throw the Otev competition.
In Round 3, Mickey, Rachel and Morgan were all wrong, and so Lauren won the competition and the golden Power of Veto.
Rachel hoped Lauren wasn't going to use the Veto, and so she did everything in her power to interrupt Lauren's conversations with other people in the house.
Lauren told Vince that she really wanted to save him but she feared Rachel would get very angry at her.
Lauren therefore picked Rachel's brain, and Rachel made it seem like she'd respect Lauren's decision and be fine with anything. Rachel stroked Lauren's ego and made her feel comfortable so Lauren wouldn't feel they were against each other.
Morgan then told Lauren that Zach Cornell had protected them and would've wanted them to work together. Lauren said Morgan could've been telling the truth, but she just laughed off their conversation.
When Lauren let Rachel know that she was probably going to take Vince off the block, Rachel's energy shifted and she seemed upset. Lauren noticed that Rachel seemed frustrated and didn't want to get on Rachel's bad side.
Lauren became anxious about what to do, and so she decided to talk to Morgan and Vince about her thoughts. Rachel, however, walked in on the conversation and blurted out, "Really classy, guys."
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Vince was surprised by Rachel's comment because he and Morgan were doing nothing wrong by campaigning for the Veto.
Rachel accused Vince of pushing Lauren into doing something she didn't want to do, but Vince didn't appreciate being made to feel like a bully when he thought Rachel was the real bully. Morgan agreed that Rachel was "projecting" because Rachel was the one who was making Lauren cry.
Rachel subsequently told Ashley that if she needed to name a replacement nominee, she was going to create chaos and blow the house up.
Before the Veto Meeting, Rachel let Lauren know that she didn't want her to use the Veto. Rachel said that if Lauren wanted to work with her going forward, this would be a great chance to prove her loyalty.
Rachel also threatened Lauren that if she used the Veto, she may nominate one of her allies in Vince's place.
Vince advised Lauren not to listen to Rachel because she was just scaring her, and so Lauren stuck to her guns and told Rachel her plan to save Vince.
"Okay, Lauren, then I'm going to put up Rylie," Rachel said.
"Okay," Lauren replied.
"I think that's a big mistake, and I think you're making a choice right now that could jeopardize your other friends," Rachel said.
Lauren thought Rachel was bluffing, but Lauren didn't want to risk upsetting Rylie and Katherine.
At the Veto Meeting, Lauren announced she had decided to use the Power of Veto on Vince.
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"I'm sorry. Lauren chose Vince," Rachel declared.
Lauren was shocked by Rachel's decision, and she hoped Rylie and Katherine weren't going to blame her for Rylie's position on the block.
"I feel sick over it," Lauren admitted in the Big Brother Diary Room.
Rachel said she never wanted to target a showmance but Lauren left her with no choice. Rachel told the Big Brother cameras that she was done playing scared and it was time to play Big Brother.
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Rylie expressed how there was no way he was going home because it would mean leaving Katherine, and so he set his sights on winning the "BB Blockbuster" competition.
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